Freddy Krueger
Portrayed by: Robert Englund
Location: Springwood, Ohio, United States
Film History: A Nightmare on Elm Street, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, Freddy VS Jason
Films I've Seen: A Nightmare on Elm Street, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, Freddy VS Jason
Films I Have Yet to See: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Short Bio: Freddy Krueger’s origin evolved slowly over the course of the film series. Each subsequent film revealed new information that intertwined with the backstory established in the original film. Krueger's birth, which began with a tragic incident involving his mother in the early 1940s. During a Christmas holiday, a young nun named Sister Mary Helena (a.k.a Amanda Krueger) was accidentally trapped inside a ward of the Westin Hills psychiatric hospital. Known as “The Tower”, this ward was used to house the very worst of the criminally insane. Amanda was raped and tortured by the 100 patients confined there. She was found days later, close to death and now pregnant. Frederick Charles Krueger was born months later after a breech birth and was given up for adoption.
Jhonen Vasquez
Born: September 1 1974
Age: 33
Location: San Jose, California, United States
His Work: Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, The Bad Art Collection, Squee!, I Feel Sick, Fillerbunny, Jellyfist, Invader Zim
Comics I Have Read: Johnny the Homicidal Maniac
Comics I Have Yet to Read: The Bad Art Collection, Squee!, I Feel Sick, Fillerbunny, Jellyfist
Cartoons I Have Seen: Invader Zim
Short Bio: Jhonen Vasquez was born to Mexican parents and raised in East San Jose. He attended Mount Pleasant High School, where he often spent much of his class time drawing in sketchbooks. Taking part in a contest to design a new look for his school's mascot, the Cardinal, he submitted an entry that the judges rejected. On the back of a preliminary drawing for the contest, he drew his first sketch of the character who would later become Johnny C. His high school's newspaper published a number of his strips entitled Johnny the Little Homicidal Maniac.
Roman Dirge
Born: April 29 1972
Age: 35
Location: ?
His Work: Lenore, Something at the Window is Scratching, The Monsters in my Tummy, The Cat with the Really Big Head: And One Other Story that isn't as Good, Peter the Pirate Squid
Comics I Have Read:
Comics I Have Yet to Read: Lenore, Something at the Window is Scratching, The Monsters in my Tummy, The Cat with the Really Big Head: And One Other Story that isn't as Good, Peter the Pirate Squid
Short Bio: Told by his art teachers that he would never make it as an artist due to his crude style, he quit art and became a full-time magician. After a few years, his passion for art overtook him and he created the comic about Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl for Xenophobe magazine. The comic strips were later seen by Dan Vado, president of Slave Labor Graphics.
Wes Craven
Born: August 2 1939
Age: 68
Location: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Film History: Together, The Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes, Summer of Fear, The Evolution of Snuff, Deadly Blessing, Kent State, Swamp Thing, Invitation to Hell, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Chiller, The Hills Have Eyes Part 2, The New Twilight Zone, Casebusters, Deadly Fiend, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, The Serpent and the Rainbow, The People Next Door, Wes Craven's Shocker, Night Visions, The People Under the Stairs, Nightmare Cafe, Laurel Canyon, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, Vampire in Brooklyn, Scream, Scream 2, Wishmaster, Hollyweird, Carnival of Souls, Don't Look Down, Music of the Heart, Scream 3, Dracula 2000, They Shoot Divas, Don't They?, They, Cursed, Red Eye, Feast, The Breed, Home
Films I've Seen: The Hills Have Eyes, Summer of Fear, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Hills Have Eyes Part 2, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, Scream, Scream 2, Wishmaster, Scream 3, Dracula 2000, They, Cursed, Red Eye, Feast, The Breed
Films I Have Yet to See: Together, The Last House on the Left, The Evolution of Snuff, Deadly Blessing, Kent State, Swamp Thing, Invitation to Hell, Chiller, The New Twilight Zone, Casebusters, Deadly Fiend, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, The Serpent and the Rainbow, The People Next Door, Wes Craven's Shocker, Night Visions, The People Under the Stairs, Nightmare Cafe, Laurel Canyon, Vampire in Brooklyn, Hollyweird, Carnival of Souls, Don't Look Down, Music of the Heart, They Shoot Divas, Don't They?, Home
Short Bio: Craven was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Caroline and Paul Craven. He had a strict Baptist upbringing. Craven earned an undergraduate degree in writing and psychology from Wheaton College in Illinois, and a masters degree in writing seminars from Johns Hopkins University. Prior to landing his first job in the film industry as a sound editor for a post-production company in New York, Craven briefly taught English at Westminster College and was a humanities professor at Clarkson University. With now ex-wife Bobby Chappel, he is the father of Jonathan and Jessica Craven. Jonathan is a writer and director with a few credits to his name. Jessica is a singer/songwriter in the group the Chapin Sisters.
